John Jack
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Jack[1] | ||
| Birth name | Jonas Kaduskevieche[2][3] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 22 October 1988 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Stonehouse Violet | ||
| 1950–1959 | Celtic | 48 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Morton | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Jack (9 March 1932 – 22 October 1988) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Morton.[4]
At Celtic, where he spent nine years,
Born Jonas Kaduskevieche,[3] he was one of four Scots of Lithuanian descent to play for the club between the 1930s and 1960s, all of them defenders,[7][2] the most famous being Billy McNeill who joined as a teenager in 1957 and quickly overtook Jack in the queue for team selection.
References
- ScotlandsPeople
- ^ a b c d Every footballer has a story, especially if he played for Celtic, Michael Beattie, Celtic Quick News, 11 March 2017
- ^ ScotlandsPeople
- ^ John Jack at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ (Celtic player) Jack, John), FitbaStats
- ^ "Celtic win League Cup for first time". The Herald. Glasgow. 1 November 1956. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via The Celtic Wiki.
- ^ And they gave us James McGrory and Danny Dawson, Matt Corr, The Celtic Star, 18 March 2020
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